Method of making handles for knives, forks, and tools.



O. HOCH.

METHOD OF MAKING HANDLES FOR KNIVES, FORKS, AND TOOLS.

APPLICATION FILED Alli-3.4. 1913.

Patented Jan. 11, 1916.

LIWYAQQ orro noon, or NEUKoLLN, GERMANY.

METHOD OF MAKING HANDLES FOR KNIVES, FORKS, AND TOOLS.

Application filed August 4, 1913.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, OTTO H0011, manufacturer, subject of the King of Prussia, residing at Neukolln, in the Kingdom of Prussia and German Empire, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Methods of Making Handles for Knives, Forks, and Tools, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to a method of making handles for knives, forks and other implements.

In carrying out the present method, a seamless metallic sleeve 0 closed at one end, as shown in Figure 1, is snugly fitted over a mandrel Z) of wood, papier mach or like material having at the outset an outwardly flaring bore a. The metallic sleeve, together with the core or mandrel are conically compressed between dies, until, as shown in Fig. 2, the inner bore a: which was previously tapering, becomes approximately cylindrical and adapted to receive the shank of the implement, which is preferably serrated. The shank or stem (Z of the knife or other implement is then secured within the bore a, as shown in Fig. 3, in the usual manner, by compression in a second operation, the handle being at the same time molded and given any desired sectional shape. The surplus material of the sleeve at its open Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 111, with Serial No. 782,911.

end is formed into a base for the collar at the base of the blade, to which it may be soldered in any approved manner. While a wooden mandrel is preferably used, any other material such as papier mache or any similar light and soft material may be employed.

The handle according to the present invention is remarkable for its extremely light weight, which by no means impairs its strength. As the metal is merely a covering, it may be made very thin and will, therefore, be very cheap to produce. Fur thermore, the metal is treated cold and will always retain its hardness.

Vi hat I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

The method of making handles for knives, forks and tools by inserting a wooden mandrel in a metallic tube closed at one end, the mandrel flaring toward the open end, and then compressing both the tube and core to a conical shape and then introducing the tang of the tool and comi'iressing in a mold.

In testimony whereof I have aiiixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

- OTTO HUGH. Witnesses VVOLDEMAR Himr'r, HENRY Hasrnn.

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